The Board of Control
for Cricket in India (BCCI) announces the appointment of Mr Ramesh Powar as the
Head Coach of Team India (Senior Women). The BCCI had advertised for the post
and received over 35 applications.
The three-member
Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Ms Sulakshana Naik, Mr Madan Lal and Mr
Rudra Pratap Singh interviewed the applicants and unanimously agreed on Mr
Powar’s candidature.
A former
international, Powar played 2 Tests and 31 ODIs for India. Post his playing
career, he took up cricket coaching and is an ECB Level 2 certified coach and
has also attended BCCI-NCA Level 2 coaching course. A former coach of the
Indian Women’s Team from July-November 2018, it was under him that India
qualified for the semi-final of the ICC T20 Women’s World Cup in 2018 and also
won 14 T20 matches in a row.
He recently coached
the Mumbai senior team that won the Vijay Hazare Trophy and has worked at the
National Cricket Academy as a Bowling Coach.
